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Quijotoa Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105113
MRDS ID TC10333
Record type Site
Current site name Quijotoa Mine
Related records 10259080

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14989, 32.07067 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ben Nevis Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon Wash(hydrologic unit)

Rio Sonoyta(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015S 002E 33 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.14989, 32.07067
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • AG MINE WORKINGS, NO BARITE PRODUCTION REPORTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 5651, PP50-51.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILVER ORE HAS BARITE-LINED FISSURE CAVITIES--THE LARGEST IS APPROXIMATELY 200 FT LONG, 20 FT HIGH, AND 20 FT WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Wells, Tina M. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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